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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Erdoğan wishes swift recovery for quake victims

President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday wished a speedy recovery to the victims
of an earthquake that shook the western province of Izmir.

“Thanks
to God that there was no death,” Erdoğan said during an iftar, or
fast-breaking, dinner meeting with Turkish artists at the Tarabya
Presidential Campus in Istanbul.

“There
was material damage, it’s recoverable. But I would like to remind that
we should be prepared all the while regarding this issue,” he said.

The
magnitude-6.2 quake struck the Karaburun district at 3.28 p.m. local
time (1228GMT) at a depth of 22.98 kilometers (14 miles), according to
the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Erdoğan also wished a fast recovery for neighboring Greece that also felt the tremor.

One death was reported on the Greek island of Lesbos but no fatalities have been recorded in Turkey.

Suha
Ozden, vice rector at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University and Faculty of
Engineering Geology Department professor, warned about the possibility
of aftershocks.

"As
it is the nature of every earthquake, we can experience aftershocks
that can range between 4.9 and 5.2 magnitude in the upcoming days,"
Ozden said.

"The
earthquake we experienced today was a principal earthquake. The
aftereffects will definitely not be over 6.2 magnitude," he added.

A magnitude-5.1 quake hit western Manisa provincelast month but no causalities were reported in that incident.

Greece was also reportedly affected by an earthquake that struck Monday between Lesbos and the island of Chios.

One
woman had been trapped was found dead in the village of Virsa,
according to the mayor, as landslides in southern Lesbos blocked roads
and damaged old buildings.

At least 12 people suffered minor injured in Virsa, according to the Greek Civil Protection.